The Lion of Belfort is a bronze sculpture by Auguste Bartholdi that stands below the castle of Belfort in Franche-Comté (north-eastern France). Paris also has its Lion de Belfort, which is a smaller replica of the monumental statue. You will find it in the middle of the square of Place Denfert-Rochereau in Paris (14th arrondissement).
The municipality of Paris acquired the statue in 1880 at the cost of 20,000 francs and placed it in the 14th arrondissement on Place Denfert-Rochereau. The lion looks to the direction of the Statue of Liberty in the Île aux Cygnes (and New York) which was also created by Bartholdi. The statue is 4m high and 7m long and is one-third the size of the original statue in Belfort.
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